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Table B.—Showing the number of Cadets actually admitted into the United States Military Academy from each State and Territory from its origin March 16th, 1802, to October 19th, 1863.

Table C.—Showing the number of Cadets who have graduated at the Military Academy, from its origin to 1863, with the State and Territories where appointed.

Table D.—Showing the whole number of Cadets admitted and the whole number graduated from each State and Territory from 1802 to October 1863, together with the percentage of those who graduated, and of who failed, out of the whole number admitted from each State, and the number of Cadets to which each State and Territory is now entitled, according to the apportionment of members of Congress, under the Census of 1860.

STATEMENT EXHIBITING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF THE PARENTS OF THE CADETS OF THE U.S. MILITARY ACADEMY AT WEST POINT, NEW YORK, FOR THE LAST TWENTY-TWO YEARS, FROM 1842 TO 1863, INCLUSIVE.

	1842	1843	1844	1845	1846	1847	1848	1849	1850	1851	1852
Fathers are or were:
farmers or planters	59	61	61	68	72	67	69	75	70	63	67
mechanics	14	12	15	22	22	25	22	21	16	14	14
judges or lawyers	27	25	30	35	33	30	29	23	34	33	34
merchants	18	15	23	37	29	29	31	38	36	38	35
boarding-house or hotel keepers	5	2	4	3	7	6	4	2	2	2	3
physicians	12	15	15	13	21	19	21	21	18	14	14
in the army, navy, or marine corps	14	16	16	13	11	13	17	17	18	22	24
clergymen	4	6	6	6	5	3	3	4	4	4	3
in the civil employment of the General or State government	5	15	16	9	5	2	3	7	7	8	10
Miscellaneous: as, bank officers, editors, professors, masters of vessels, &c.	15	11	15	23	35	36	41	24	32	39	30
Occupation not stated, or no occupation	48	34	23	17	1	2	2	8	7	11	13
Total	221	212	224	236	241	232	242	240	244	239	247
Of these numbers, there are without fathers living	26	57	44	48	42	41	34	48	40	45	36
Without fathers or mothers living	22	16	18	15	21	20	18	16	26	17	19
Total orphans	48	73	62	63	63	61	52	64	66	62	55
Of these numbers the parents are stated to be in:
moderate circumstances	..	156	150	164	192	182	193	203	215	207	218
reduced circumstances	182	26	26	36	35	38	40	29	25	16	9
indigent circumstances	..	6	8	8	8	8	4	4	2	2	..
independent circumstances	..	6	10	12	6	4	5	4	2	14	20
unknown circumstances	39	18	19	16	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Total	221	212	224	236	241	232	242	240	244	239	247

	1853	1854	1855	1856	1857	1858	1859	1860	1861	1862	1863
Fathers are or were:
farmers or planters	58	66	62	60	52	48	57	65	29	33	38
mechanics	13	12	17	26	22	15	30	12	13	8	12
judges or lawyers	35	36	26	25	29	32	32	36	23	35	39
merchants	35	39	40	30	26	41	28	28	23	24	29
boarding-house or hotel keepers	3	5	2	2	1	..	..	3	4	4	5
physicians	13	9	8	9	17	16	10	18	10	13	18
in the army, navy, or marine corps	27	28	22	20	20	26	29	33	23	25	33
clergymen	5	4	6	5	4	5	6	7	7	8	11
in the civil employment of the General or State government	11	14	13	13	7	31	29	18	8	11	14
Miscellaneous: as, bank officers, editors, professors, masters of vessels, &c.	26	14	25	13	13	12	6	37	44	39	42
Occupation not stated, or no occupation	7	10	19	15	20	25	39	22	18	18	19
Total	232	237	239	223	221	251	266	279	202	218	260
Of these numbers, there are without fathers living	35	29	33	33	24	46	33	42	25	25	36
Without fathers or mothers living	17	15	9	6	7	7	8	10	11	9	7
Total orphans	52	44	42	39	31	53	41	52	36	34	42
Of these numbers the parents are stated to be in:
moderate circumstances	205	206	215	196	195	216	218	239	184	199	232
reduced circumstances	8	8	7	8	8	8	7	6	2	5	5
indigent circumstances	1	1	1	1	1	1	..	..	..	1	5
independent circumstances	22	22	16	18	17	26	41	34	16	12	17
unknown circumstances	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1
Total	232	237	239	223	221	251	266	279	202	218	260

Note.—Of the 97 Cadets admitted, to October 19th, 1863, as given in the table on page 321, 46 were appointed from the U.S. Volunteers engaged in the War, who held the following rank: 1 Captain, 5 First Lieutenants, 3 Second Lieutenants, 10 Non-commissioned Officers, 20 Privates, 1 Musician, and 6 Clerks, from military departments.

STATEMENT SHOWING THE NUMBER OF CADETS ACTUALLY ADMITTED INTO THE UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY FROM ITS ORIGIN, MARCH 16th, 1802, TO OCTOBER 19th, 1863.